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  1. dougybug

    Renogy DC to DC battery charger and emergency start circuit

    We are looking to change out our house battery on our Jayco Redhawk 24B from a wet cell to LiFePO4. We contacted Jayco and they said we could switch our onboard converter/charger to a Lithium profile, but we would need something (DC to DC battery charger) to go from our alternator to the house...
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    Anchoring panel wires across RV roof

    Were you using 4 or 6" tape in this picture? Did you do anything special to seal the leading edge?
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    Anchoring panel wires across RV roof

    Great ideas. Has anyone tried Gorilla or Flex Tape? If so, can you remove it without damaging the roofing material. Just seams like a simple clean way if you would lay wires side-by-side and run tape on top and parallel to wires, maybe lap seal ends to prevent lift. Of course someone may...
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    Anchoring panel wires across RV roof

    I am putting together a shopping list for the panel installation on top of our Class C RV. I couldn't readily find any discussion (but I may have not searched correctly) on securing panel wires to the roof of an RV, so "everyone," please tell me what you think works best with a TPO roof and...
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    SOK 24 VDC 100 Ah Batteries

    Thanks MisterSandals. Good information that will help me to properly size and utilize my solar package. Appreciate your input.
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    SOK 24 VDC 100 Ah Batteries

    Well, I guess along without firing up the generator, I was hoping to save on propane (fridge and water heater are both dual source, didn't realize fridge was DC, but makes sense). Trying to go as much off renewable energy as possible. Not as concerned about carbon emissions as fuel costs and...
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    SOK 24 VDC 100 Ah Batteries

    I would like to open this back up for discussion. Does anyone have any experience with the 24 VDC SOK batteries. We are preparing to build a system into our Jayco Redhawk 24B and wondered if anyone had any positives or negatives they would like to share about the batteries. Thinking of...
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    RV Solar Concept

    12VoltInstalls, thanks for your input. I am really glad I was able to bounce my concept off so many people. I must admit it has given me a lot to think about. I will updated you all when my plan (whatever it is then) comes to fruition. Thanks to everyone for helping me to make an educated...
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    RV Solar Concept

    Thanks deeuubee. You make some good points. Maybe I need to look more into the pluses of a generator. I am not sure of how the longevity of a generator stacks up against solar or what the mean time to failure for either are. I will definitely return to this post with whatever I do. But do...
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    RV Solar Concept

    Actually I had planned on letting the OEM converter running off the RV's VAC system charge the 12 VDC house battery. And the 24VDC/4000 watt inverter to run the RV's VAC system. I don't want to alter the OEM system except to add a third VAC input (generator, shore power, solar powered...
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    RV Solar Concept

    Very ambitious, but I am going all out. We are selling everything, banking what's left and hitting the road full time. I am afraid we will probably have that many miles on our rig in a couple of years. Thank you for all of your input. I may be crazy, but I figure I need to go big or go home. :)
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    RV Solar Concept

    I labeled that incorrectly, I will be using it as a charger for the 24 VDC battery bank which is isolated from OEM 12 VDC system. My only intent for the solar package is to feed the 4000 watt inverter which will feed the input of the 110 VAC, 30 A OEM system in place of the generator or shore...
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    RV Solar Concept

    I don't think I can justify the savings over gasoline and the generator, but in the future maybe. Their may even be a concern for availability. There have been times our local small town gas station has been without gas in the last few months. After installation, I wil look at it as a sunk...
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    RV Solar Concept

    Thanks corn18. I will look into size and pricing of an inverter/charger w/ats. Sadly I may have to downsize depending on packaging since we are going into a smaller size class C (Jayco Redhawk 24B).
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    RV Solar Concept

    Yes, planning on running AC if needed (short term) using soft start circuit. Yes, the RV has a 4000 watt generator.
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    RV Solar Concept

    30A system. Our RV is being stored at the dealership till spring (having them hold it, allows us to have the full warranty once we drive it off the lot), so I still need to size everything, but I hope this design fits or I will have to downsize accordingly.
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    RV Solar Concept

    Hello Everyone. My name is Doug. My wife and I have purchased our first RV for our retirement dream. We hope to do a great deal of boondocking, so I wanted to add a solar package to our RV. I am new to the world of solar power, but do have some electrical experience. I am trying to learn as...
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